First, I’m still new here so having to scroll past all the other comments to post a comment is lame.
Most relevant and importantly though, if you feel like your life is “disrupted” by the actions of a social media company, you might want to reassess your life.
I mean, are you serious? Think about the nature of this “issue”. Anyone of this mindset (aside from the developers who were not given enough time to deal with changes) strikes me as exceptionally childish.
What people should have a problem with is the vast number of bot accounts posting content to drive engagement. Reddit is trash. It’s full of click bait and rage bait just like very other “social media” entity.
What’s awesome here is the segment of people searching for smaller more supportive communities built around their hobbies and interests.
Hail to those who’ve been maintaining Vanilla Forums, etc and creating communities in the fediverse. You’re doing it because you care and believe in passions shared by your community.
Buddy, doomscrolling is your own issue. Are you old enough to remember “doomscrolling” cable television for hours at night? We’re all choosing to distract ourselves from something else or we’re just bored. It’s nothing new.
I mean, if you’re having trouble stepping away from something, it almost sounds like you’re describing an addiction problem. Everyone should make it a practice to step outside themselves for a moment and assess all their habits.
You’re not seriously suggesting that a platform prevent its users from using it, are you? LOL where have I seen that in the news this week?